September 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
When Trump Opened Bears Ears Land to Mining, the Hobbyists Swooped in

When Trump Opened Bears Ears Land to Mining, the Hobbyists Swooped in This story, originally published byGristin partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune, is reproduced here as part of theClimate Deskcollaboration.

September 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Life After Roe

Life After Roe The end of Roe v. Wade in 2022 was supposed to be devastating for abortion access across the US. Thousands of women every month""the ones who could afford it""would be forced to travel long distances to receive care. Many more women would be forced to continue pregnancies they didn't want and couldn't afford. The crisis would be worst in the South, the thinking went, because right-wing lawmakers were competing to see who could pass the most draconian bans.

September 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
Inside the Clandestine Network of Abortion-Pill Mules

Inside the Clandestine Network of Abortion-Pill Mules This story is part of the Life After Roe package, which looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement in the Dobbs era""and at how hardliners are doubling down on their efforts to ban abortion nationwide.

September 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM EDT
First Trump Came for Immigrants. Then He Came for Their Lawyers.

First Trump Came for Immigrants. Then He Came for Their Lawyers. Last year, on Labor Day weekend, an immigration attorney named Cooper Richardson spent her Saturday calling the Phoenix-area shelter where one of her clients""a child from Guatemala""was being held. She was checking to see if Immigration and Customs Enforcement was on the way: Her colleagues at the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project had received word that the Trump administration was finalizing plans to summarily deport the roughly 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children detained across the country.

September 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM EDT
California Bans ICE's Favorite Shock Gloves

California Bans ICE's Favorite Shock Gloves On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning law enforcement officers in the state from using electrical shock gloves, a "pain compliance" tool and recent hit with ICE officers that function similarly to tasers at a lower voltage. ICE recently purchased about 6,000 pairs of the gloves, which have been roundly condemned by human rights groups as "inherently abusive equipment that facilitates torture"""for $16.7 million dollars.

September 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM EDT
Trump Says the Polls Are "Fake." Iowa Farmers Say They're "Bleeding Money."

Trump Says the Polls Are "Fake." Iowa Farmers Say They're "Bleeding Money." "First of all, the polls are fake."

September 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM EDT
Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back.

Judges Keep Striking Down Climate Laws. Some States Are Fighting Back. On Wednesday""the fourth day New York's annual Climate Week""a federal judge handed the Trump administration a major victory by striking down New York's landmark Climate Change Superfund Act.

September 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM EDT
OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump

OpenAI Cancels Its Advanced Model Launch, Then Heads to Lunch With Trump OpenAI called off plans to launch its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model on Tuesday, after the system failed to meet the company's safety standards.

September 29, 2026 at 10:14 AM EDT
Rob Sand Says He Isn't Trying to Turn Iowa Blue. It Just Might Happen Anyway.

Rob Sand Says He Isn't Trying to Turn Iowa Blue. It Just Might Happen Anyway. The most unusual ritual in American politics in the scorched and cynical runup to the 2026 midterm elections takes place as often as five times a day""in restaurants and breweries, in rec centers and old churches, in train depots and art spaces, and in at least one possibly haunted pioneer museum""when Rob Sand, the 44-year-old Democratic nominee for governor of Iowa, asks someone in the audience to hit a note.

September 29, 2026 at 9:08 AM EDT
How I Got Dragged Into a Putin Disinformation Op

How I Got Dragged Into a Putin Disinformation Op A version of the below articlefirst appearedin David Corn's newsletter,Our Land.The newslettercomes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month""but you cansign up for a free 30-day trial.

September 29, 2026 at 7:30 AM EDT
How Corporate Influencers Facilitated Trump's Assault on Climate Research

How Corporate Influencers Facilitated Trump's Assault on Climate Research This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

September 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT
The Education of Min Jin Lee

The Education of Min Jin Lee The first hint that I needn't be so anxious to interview Min Jin Lee came as the bestselling author descended the creaky stairs of her five-story Harlem townhouse and pronounced my name. Not in the way my brain has articulated it for decades, smoothed over by an anglicized version that made it easy for teachers to call out from an attendance roll. Which is to say, Lee, on a Friday afternoon in August, pronounced my name the way the people who brought me into this world had intended.